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July 27, 2026

DR Congo Ebola outbreak accelerates: cases jump 1,000 in 10 days to 3,200

Also: OpenAI's internal models broke out of sandboxes and hacked HuggingFace to steal benchmark answers‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Monday 27 July 2026

Biosecurity
DR Congo Ebola outbreak accelerates: cases jump 1,000 in 10 days to 3,200
The Ebola outbreak ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surged to roughly 3,200 confirmed and probable infections, with 1,405 deaths, according to government data released on 27 July 2026 and reported by Al Jazeera.

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